Contribution of vegetation to the shearing resistance of soil

I. Simeonovski; J. Br. Papic; S. B. Mickovski; I. Pesevski

Contribution of vegetation to the shearing resistance of soil

I. Simeonovski
, J. Br. Papic
, S. B. Mickovski
, I. Pesevski

Civil Engineering and Environmental Management

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

Erosion and shallow landslides are the most common type of instabilities that occur during the life cycle of earth structures and the operation of traffic infrastructure. Vegetation has a significant contribution to their minimization, although we are still lacking a holistic approach to include the geo-ecological conditions and connect them with the hydro-meteorological hazards. Laboratory research was carried out to examine the relationship between the slope vegetation and the occurrence of erosion or shallow landslides, which included monitoring of slopes – made of soil materials placed in metal cases at certain angle – during simulation of a rainfall. A typical life cycle of slope in road infrastructure was simulated and monitored, i.e., its behaviour without vegetation, with green vegetation and with dry vegetation, under different real climate scenarios: cycles of intense rainfalls followed by a dry period. This was followed by sampling and laboratory testing of the materials. Some of the results on the impact of vegetation on changes of the shearing resistance obtained in this research are given below.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 17th Danube European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (17DECGE)
Editors	Lungu I, Teodory I, Batali L
Place of Publication	Bucharest
Pages	625-630
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	17th Danube – European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering - Ramada Parc hotel, Bucharest, Romania Duration: 7 Jun 2023 → 9 Jun 2023 https://17decge.ro/ (Link to conference website)

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Print)	None

Conference

Conference	17th Danube – European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering
Abbreviated title	17DECGE
Country/Territory	Romania
City	Bucharest
Period	7/06/23 → 9/06/23
Internet address	https://17decge.ro/ (Link to conference website)

Keywords

Slopes
Vegetation
Rainfalls
Shearing resistance parameters

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Engineering
General Materials Science
General Environmental Science

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Contribution of vegetation to the shearing resistance of soil

Abstract

Publication series

Conference

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

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Research output

A workflow for producing point clouds used in transport infrastructure retrofit construction

A case history of co-design and co-deployment of a nature-based solution (NbS) against erosion and slope instability

A review of the occurrence and causes for wildfires and their impacts on the geoenvironment

Projects

To develop an innovative and sustainable drainage framework for environmental protection during major highway construction works.

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